Born in Bloomington, Indiana, Meg Cabot is the author of numerous bestsellers for young adults, including the series The Princess Diaries. In addition to the seven historical romances she penned under the pseudonym Patricia Cabot, her other books for adult readers are She Went A…
The story of a group of people who rely on their own courage and ingenuity to survive in a town which escaped nuclear bombing.
"More than forty articles ranging from Paris to Ceylon, Thailand, Kenya and Morocco..."--Jacket.
Simon Winchester follows the pioneering Americans who, throughout its history, have toiled fearlessly to discover, connect, and bond the citizens and geography of the U.S.A.
Depression transformed Martha Manning from a happy, healthy, and successful wife, mother, professor, and psychotherapist to a sleepwalker haunted by thoughts of suicide. This book chronicles the transformation, the therapy and finally the use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT).
Seventeen-year-old Isabel, eager to leave Miami to attend the University of Michigan and escape her overprotective Cuban mother, learns some truths about her family's past and makes important decisions about the type of person she wants to be.
Seventeen-year-old Isabel, eager to leave Miami to attend the University of Michigan and escape her overprotective Cuban mother, learns some truths about her family's past and makes important decisions about the type of person she wants to be.
In March of 1992, the highest-ranking member of the Mafia in America ever to defect broke his oath of silence and testified against his boss, John Gotti. He is Salvatore ("Sammy the Bull") Gravano, second-in-command of the Gambino organized-crime family, the most powerful in the…
In March of 1992, the highest-ranking member of the Mafia in America ever to defect broke his oath of silence and testified against his boss, John Gotti. He is Salvatore ("Sammy the Bull") Gravano, second-in-command of the Gambino organized-crime family, the most powerful in the…
Illustrates common conflicts between men and women and offers advice on how to counteract differences in communication styles, emotional needs, and behavior.
When the ferocious shape-shifting Kraken awakes after thousands of years and threatens the Mer, Sapphire agrees to help them by going with her brother Conor and their friend Faro into the Deep to lull the monster back to sleep.
When, protected by the branches of one of the trees she loves to climb, Gabriela witnesses the destruction of her Mayan village and the murder of nearly all its inhabitants, she vows never to climb again until, after she and her traumatised sister find safety in a Mexican refuge…
